2 Chronicles 23:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

King James Bible
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Hebrew
So all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people
הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

went
וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to the temple
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Baal
הַבַּ֙עַל֙ (hab·ba·‘al)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

and tore it down.
וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּ (way·yit·tə·ṣu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down

They smashed the altars
מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו (miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

and idols
צְלָמָ֖יו (ṣə·lā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6754: A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol

into pieces
שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ (šib·bê·rū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

and killed
הָרְג֖וּ (hā·rə·ḡū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

Mattan
מַתָּן֙ (mat·tān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4977: Mattan -- a priest of Baal, also a man of Judah

the priest
כֹּהֵ֣ן (kō·hên)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3548: Priest

of Baal
הַבַּ֔עַל (hab·ba·‘al)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

in front of
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the altars.
הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃ (ham·miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4196: An altar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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